Saturday, November 22, 2008

For the second year in a row, the Marquette Golden Eagles annihilated the UW-M Panthers winning 100 - 80 at the Bradley Center tonight. Marquette is now 36-0 all-time against the Panthers and moves to 3-0 on the season.

Tonight's blowout win was the school's 1400th all time. Marquette became the 50th school to accomplish such a feat and did so in their 92nd season. MU's .617 winning percentage currently ranks 33rd best all-time in DI history.

After trailing by three late in the first half Marquette rolled the rest of the way, keyed by the Three Amigos and Lazar Hayward. Lazar Hayward delivered a double-double with 25 points and 10 rebounds. Wesley Matthews continued his fast start to the season with a 25 point night. Jerel McNeal added 22, while Dominic James finished with 16 points and eight assists.

First, with UWM, they spent way too much time bombing from outside. The tempo is good, but they're reverting to some of their bad habits from last year.

Second, would someone dial up Dwight Burke and remind him he is living in the 414 area code, not on Mars. He's a good guy and has potential, but he has to be a bigger part of Marquette's game if we intend to make the NCAA and compete for the Big East Championship. Right now, he looks too much like Craig Butrym and he needs to look like Jerome Whitehead!